Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Spending the holidays in this city melted my Grinch heart

I may not have been a 'Christmas person' before this, but living in New York during the holiday season has made me into one. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Wed Dec 25 2024

 
The Christmas tree is lit during the 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in Manhattan in New York City on December 4, 2024.

I may not have been a 'Christmas person' before this, but living in New York during the holiday season has made me into one.

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Santa Claus waves during the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2024, in New York City.
 

Santa is kindness in its purest form. Why would anyone not believe?

I believe in Santa Claus. I make that declaration every year before Christmas, and I make it this year louder than ever.

Former U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks ahead of a visit by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 22, 2024.
 

From Gaetz to Granger, it's a House of shame on Capitol Hill

The House Ethics Committee found 'substantial evidence' that former Rep. Matt Gaetz participated in 'prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use.'

Blake Lively and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, attend the "It Ends With Us" premiere in New York City on Aug. 06, 2024.
 

Was I wrong about Blake Lively? Harassment suit exposes manipulation.

Blake Lively's lawsuit against 'It Ends With Us' co-star Justin Baldoni exposes the levels of manipulation we encounter in entertainment and politics.

The world's largest Hanukkah menorah is in New York City. The Jewish Festival of Lights, an eight-day commemoration, runs from sundown on Dec. 25, 2024, through sundown on Jan. 2, 2025. The date fluctuates with the Gregorian calendar, which uses a solar dating system. The date is always the same on the Hebrew or Jewish calendar because it is timed with the moon.
 

We need more than Jews, Muslims to fight antisemitism, Islamophobia

As mothers to young Muslim and Jewish children, we see antisemitism and Islamophobia are a risk to America. We must commit ourselves to pluralism.

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